Meeting
Abstract Number: 293
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Observation units were initially intended to function as a short stay unit for lower acuity patients with specific diagnoses, however this traditional model is currently evolving. Rising health care costs and changing health care policy have resulted in an increase utilization of the observation unit and an expansion of diagnostic criteria to include more […]
Abstract Number: 294
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Hospital Medicine is a rapidly growing specialty and a higher percentage of patients are under the care of hospitalists across the country. Like other internal medicine subspecialties, an increasing number of residents have expressed interest in a career in hospital medicine and have requested an elective in the field. In prior years our Hospitalist […]
Abstract Number: 299
Hospital Medicine 2017, May 1-4, 2017; Las Vegas, Nev.
Background: Hospital medicine is the fastest growing specialty in the United States. An interesting aspect of the rapid expansion of hospital medicine is the current expansion of the field beyond North America. While the health care systems, regulations and cultural norms in these nations differ, some of the reasons for the development of hospital medicine […]